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we did not even know of john mccain would show up on the night. so that september, mitt romney had a tough month, people ask me all the time with a point to happen? , if you's pretty early think. think. 18 days with sarah palin seemed like a lifetime to me. got two lifetimes, that's like 40 days. a lot can happen on the campaign trail between now and then. it's a very interesting time. let's roll back a little. let's talk about the early days. first, my story. how i got to the campaign. i will go back to september again, 2006. my wife and i were sitting on the banks of the potomac in alexandria, virginia. we have our pad and paper. paper being married to a serial campaigner, she has to go through this ritual every year where we say what are our goals for the year? it never goes exactly the way we want, but it makes me feel better, and she plays a long. we're on the banks of the potomac and we had a nice life. i had a consulting practice i was very happy with and i enjoyed the balance of my life. my wife was working at the university doing public r
we did not even know of john mccain would show up on the night. so that september, mitt romney had a tough month, people ask me all the time with a point to happen? , if you's pretty early think. think. 18 days with sarah palin seemed like a lifetime to me. got two lifetimes, that's like 40 days. a lot can happen on the campaign trail between now and then. it's a very interesting time. let's roll back a little. let's talk about the early days. first, my story. how i got to the campaign. i will...
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we can all stipulates senator john mccain is a veteran. some of the votes you cited are votes i took on the house version of the senate bill and john mccain voted the same way i did. it sounds like you do not know exactly how the senate works or the house. again, i have to get back to the issue, the notion that it was dismissed as frivolous or as not without merit, you are talking about something different. they did not make any determination like that at all. they did not say it was areas. look at the record. >> i did look at the record. you do not find that. >> you want to talk to tom davis, a republican ranking minority member on the committee at the time, they will tell you that. >> we will move on. this is a form with the two candidates running for u.s. senate in arizona. democrat richard carmona and republican jeff flake. just two weeks ago, one of the border agents working on border patrol was shot and killed. that was a friendly fire incident. at the time, people came out and the blame was assigned. some of the blame went to illega
we can all stipulates senator john mccain is a veteran. some of the votes you cited are votes i took on the house version of the senate bill and john mccain voted the same way i did. it sounds like you do not know exactly how the senate works or the house. again, i have to get back to the issue, the notion that it was dismissed as frivolous or as not without merit, you are talking about something different. they did not make any determination like that at all. they did not say it was areas....
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mccain and senator debate betweenthe senator john mccain and senator barack obama. >> c-span brings a special perspective into what is happening in washington, particularly your coverage of the house and the senate. if something is going on in the house and the senate -- and something will go on in the next five years. maybe not this year -- c-span coverage this authoritatively, very well and it is one of the major new sources in washington. we are all struggling with what is point to happen with health care. c-span was the board data was covering what is happening with health care. c-span is the authority of boys in terms of what the -- voice about what we congress is doing. >> c-span, created in 1979 and brought to you as a public service. >> this government has promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the soviet military buildup on the island of cuba. within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. the purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide
mccain and senator debate betweenthe senator john mccain and senator barack obama. >> c-span brings a special perspective into what is happening in washington, particularly your coverage of the house and the senate. if something is going on in the house and the senate -- and something will go on in the next five years. maybe not this year -- c-span coverage this authoritatively, very well and it is one of the major new sources in washington. we are all struggling with what is point to...
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john mccain calls it the little agency that can. it has six commissioners. three republicans, three democrats. you need four votes to do anything. quite often biggest split 3, 3 and they cannot do anything. five of six have expired term spirit and the couple have been very blatant about the refusal to refuse campaign finance laws. one said he believes it is his job to help republicans in their position. -- that person did not get through the senate. so you did not try again. president obama said he really cares about campaign finance regulation has really done a little. >> i am walking off the stage if i do not get to respond. >> the mere fact that they think something violates the law doesn't mean that it does. the sec is the enforcement agency that determines what the regulations are and when something violates the law. anybody can file a complaint with the sec. that doesn't mean somebody violated the law. i hope we are all glad that is the case. it is kind of like 3-3 about 3%% of the time. go on and on down almost every point. melanie, you do not have a
john mccain calls it the little agency that can. it has six commissioners. three republicans, three democrats. you need four votes to do anything. quite often biggest split 3, 3 and they cannot do anything. five of six have expired term spirit and the couple have been very blatant about the refusal to refuse campaign finance laws. one said he believes it is his job to help republicans in their position. -- that person did not get through the senate. so you did not try again. president obama...
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john mccain beat barack obama 55-43 among white voters. george w. bush, in 2000, beat al gore among white voters 55- 43. the margin was the same. how did gore and bush is essentially tied? you might not know this, but bush won the election. [laughter] in the electoral college, a cool thing that is in the constitution. eight years later, what was essentially a popular vote tie becomes 87-point below. fred talks about how hard it is for a democrat to win a seven- point margin. republicans cannot. it is impossible. if mitt romney wins the popular vote, it will be by .02, if at all. the party has to figure out how to do much better with minority voters. african-americans, it will be hard for us to get their vote for a while because the president is black. republicans have to do significantly better than we are doing right now. in the future, we have to do significantly better with latino voters. >> the republican political model is not sustainable, the current one. it has to change. one technical question -- when i look at various polls, and a lot of ti
john mccain beat barack obama 55-43 among white voters. george w. bush, in 2000, beat al gore among white voters 55- 43. the margin was the same. how did gore and bush is essentially tied? you might not know this, but bush won the election. [laughter] in the electoral college, a cool thing that is in the constitution. eight years later, what was essentially a popular vote tie becomes 87-point below. fred talks about how hard it is for a democrat to win a seven- point margin. republicans cannot....
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after the john mccain experience four years ago, no one would actually use that phrase. there are unpredictable ways in which this could affect people. no one wants to be seen as trying to take political of vantage of this. but the effect could include things like not being able to make appearances in swing states, early voting, or power outages lasted long enough, voting could be disrupted. the fact that nobody can really tell -- it will be difficult to get the message out. voters in crucial areas will not be paying attention to the federal election or campaign messages or the last-minute flurry of advertisements that everyone basically sits on cash for if they do not have power. both candidates are losing their opportunity to send their message to voters. there is the unknown impact on the much discussed ground game that the obama campaign was relying on to get the voters out to the polls. you also argue that mitt romney is the one who has ground to make up in a crucial swing states, like ohio and virginia. it will make it difficult for him. right now it is hard to tel
after the john mccain experience four years ago, no one would actually use that phrase. there are unpredictable ways in which this could affect people. no one wants to be seen as trying to take political of vantage of this. but the effect could include things like not being able to make appearances in swing states, early voting, or power outages lasted long enough, voting could be disrupted. the fact that nobody can really tell -- it will be difficult to get the message out. voters in crucial...
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he certainly -- hillary clinton during the primary and even a little bit toward john mccain and didn't need to. i saw this election season he can't run on his record would be full of claims of -a-imaginary racism. and ultimately the point of the book is don't fall for it again, america. >> one of the policies that came out of the 1970's is affirmative action. it's going to be reviewed again by the supreme court in another week and a half or so. so what are your views about the effectiveness of -- or lack thereof of affirmative action? >> my law firm, center for individual rights, brought the case against my alma mater. university of michigan law school. we won the law school case. we lost the undergrad case. and i think at this point, it is -- and there have been more recent studies about how it is a disaster for black people. but mostly i think it's a disaster for america. at this point, i will say, -- >> why? >> you get past discrimination by not discriminating on the basis of race. that's the way to do it. i will say one of the things that conservatives have generally not liked abou
he certainly -- hillary clinton during the primary and even a little bit toward john mccain and didn't need to. i saw this election season he can't run on his record would be full of claims of -a-imaginary racism. and ultimately the point of the book is don't fall for it again, america. >> one of the policies that came out of the 1970's is affirmative action. it's going to be reviewed again by the supreme court in another week and a half or so. so what are your views about the...
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senator john mccain and senator barack obama from 2008. george w. bush and vice president al gore from 2000. and then bill clinton, george bush and ross perot. then watch president obama and governor romney in their town hall debate. >> dean heller and shelley be rkley is a toss-up. this is held at pbs studios and is about 50 minutes. ♪ >> good evening and welcome to the 2012 that a u.s. senate debate brought to you by the broadcasters foundation in partnership with the broadcasters' association. we want to welcome our national audience. and the 36 nevada television stations and radio stations carrying the debate. tonight's debate is being translated into spanish. i will serve as your moderator for this important political event. joining me is republican u.s. senator dean heller and democratic congresswoman shelley berkley. we want to thank everyone that is providing this block of time as a public service to our communities. the broadcasters feel in obligation to engage the electorate and inform the voters. the format has been accepted and agreed
senator john mccain and senator barack obama from 2008. george w. bush and vice president al gore from 2000. and then bill clinton, george bush and ross perot. then watch president obama and governor romney in their town hall debate. >> dean heller and shelley be rkley is a toss-up. this is held at pbs studios and is about 50 minutes. ♪ >> good evening and welcome to the 2012 that a u.s. senate debate brought to you by the broadcasters foundation in partnership with the...
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the romney campaign have determined that the numbers, he is outperforming john mccain by a wide margin. >> only lyndon johnson and george mcgovern who outperformed in ohio compared to where they performed nationally. >> the demographics here, the mix of rural and urban, white, black, male, female. i think that is why it turns out to be such a good bellwether and a barometer of where the country is at. we still have the largest chunk of the electoral votes. >> a quick follow up on that point, pennsylvania, michigan. even if you head south the west virginia, that border of ohio. what makes this so different? it seems to be solid democratic states, west virginia and is likely solid for the republicans. >> we have a mix, parts of the state that are wide like west virginia. appalachian where obama is at least most of those areas not likely to do very well. parts of the state like pittsburgh are like in northeastern ohio, which are traditionally steel and manufacturing related areas. you have parts of the state that are like the south, rural areas that are heavily republican. in some respect
the romney campaign have determined that the numbers, he is outperforming john mccain by a wide margin. >> only lyndon johnson and george mcgovern who outperformed in ohio compared to where they performed nationally. >> the demographics here, the mix of rural and urban, white, black, male, female. i think that is why it turns out to be such a good bellwether and a barometer of where the country is at. we still have the largest chunk of the electoral votes. >> a quick follow up...
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i voted to avoid default, just like john mccain who was just here the other day campaigning for my opponent made that exact same vote. we voted to make sure we didn't go into a double dip recession. and lead the world into a global recession. i don't support sequestration. sequestration is based on the tea party premise that you don't raise revenues whatsoever. i believe we need to take a balanced approach. we are going to need to increase revenues, especially on those doing the best in this economy and we're going to need to cut agency budgets and stomach some cuts that many democrats are not going to be happy about. that's the only way we get to where we need to be on this. i think it's incumbent upon myself and everyone else in congress to get back to work after this election and come up with a solution that has both of those pieces, cuts and revenues, rather than embraces tea party sequestration approach. >> ok. john? >> representative wilson, do you believe it is possible to make medicare sustainable well into the future without converting it into a voucher system? and would you ever s
i voted to avoid default, just like john mccain who was just here the other day campaigning for my opponent made that exact same vote. we voted to make sure we didn't go into a double dip recession. and lead the world into a global recession. i don't support sequestration. sequestration is based on the tea party premise that you don't raise revenues whatsoever. i believe we need to take a balanced approach. we are going to need to increase revenues, especially on those doing the best in this...